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At Ajamé, one of the main markets in Abidjan, you can choose between a "capable husband" or an "ungrateful husband" while watching "My Rival's Eye" to preserve "my husband's bed" and his "Garden of Eden". These names are actually nicknames given to wax prints to motivate the purchase!

VL0H703: Capable Husband

There are several stories about this seductive fabric created in 1953. Any man who could offer it to his wife or partner was financially able.

Another anecdote about this print: the pattern would represent an oyster and pearls. Oyster (woman), pearls (children), capable husband ... you got it?

VL53500: I run faster than my rival

In African polygamous families, co-wives are not friends. There is no better way to make your co-wives jalous than to be dressed with this beautiful and rich fabric that is the Dutch wax.This is how the Vlisco VL53500 print becomes on the Ivorian markets "I run faster than my rival"

"Bobodouman"

Every good shaman who respects himself has a remedy against the "bobodouman". This evil is everywhere: in the belly, the uterus, the eyes, the anus, the nose ... yes the bobodouman grows everywhere. Pelvic Alvis? Fibroma? Nobody really knows.

1949 - The Eye of My Rival (VL0H516)

A delicate loop of rings unfolds from patterns which look like eyes. Dressing in Dutch wax feeds the conversations of her rival. "It stings her eyes"! She has red eyes of jealousy. I'm the most beautiful!

Advices - Tips

This print is known as "Tips". It symbolizes advices given by a mother to her daughter to keep her man and hold her house. It is then offered as wedding gift.

VL0014: Man are Ungrateful

"Husbands are ungrateful. You can love him, cherish him, sacrifice yourself, he then thanks you by going elsewhere." It was baptized Leidse Ruit (Plaid of Leiden) by its Dutch creator. Whatever the name is given, it exudes elegance!

Awoulaba

Awoulaba means "Beauty Queen". A round face, an opulent breast, voluptuous curves ... the measurements of the awoulaba define beauty standards in the Ivorian popular culture.